* The third edition has been completely rewritten to enhance clarity * Provides a comprehensive treatment of the major separation operations in the chemical industry * Contains 272 examples, 719 homework exercises, and more that 1,100 references.Completely rewritten to enhance clarity, this third edition provides engineers with a strong understanding of the field. With the help of an additional co-author, thetext presents new information on bioseparations throughout the chapters. A new chapter on mechanical separations covers settling, filtration, and centrifugation, including mechanical separations in biotechnology and cell lysis. Boxes help highlight fundamental equations. Numerous new examples and exercises are integrated throughout as well. In addition, frequent references are made to the software products and simulators that will help engineers find the solutions they need.